echo basin Jul 8, 2022, 3:19 PM

#

Sensor to gather current wattage:

    host: !secret R730XD-IP
    version: "3"
    username: "prtgV3"
    auth_key: !secret R730XD-SNMP-Password
    auth_protocol: "hmac-sha"
    priv_key: !secret R730XD-SNMP-Password
    priv_protocol: "aes-cfb-128"
    name: RawDellServerPower
    baseoid: 1.3.6.1.4.1.674.10892.5.4.600.30.1.6.1.3
    unit_of_measurement: W```

#

    host: !secret R730XD-IP
    version: "3"
    username: "prtgV3"
    auth_key: !secret R730XD-SNMP-Password
    auth_protocol: "hmac-sha"
    priv_key: !secret R730XD-SNMP-Password
    priv_protocol: "aes-cfb-128"
    name: RawDellServerPower
    baseoid: 1.3.6.1.4.1.674.10892.5.4.600.30.1.6.1.3
    unit_of_measurement: W```

#

    source: sensor.server_power
    name: "Dell Server Energy"
    method: left
    unit_prefix: k
    unit_time: h

template: # https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/template/#state-based-template-sensors
  - sensor:
      - name: "Server Power"
        state: "{{states('sensor.RawDellServerPower')}}"
        unit_of_measurement: W
        device_class: power #Power, watts. Not "Energy" i.e. Wh.
        state_class: measurement```

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then under customize.yaml
I have ```#sensor.Dell Server EnergyDashboard:

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state_class: 'total_increasing'

device_class: energy

last_reset: "1970-01-01T00:00:00+00:00"```

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I've waited overnight and I have nothing in my dashboard 😦

vernal sparrow Jul 8, 2022, 4:28 PM

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you don't need any customisations

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the snmp sensors are power yes but you also don't need to make a template sensor to add device_class: power and state_class: measurement

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you can add both of those thigns into the snmp yaml itself

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with those there then create a Reimann Sum (platform: integration) of that snmp sensor

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and remove the customisation entirely

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your goal is to see in dev_tools in the table that the snmp sensor have right attributes first then create the helper

echo basin Jul 8, 2022, 5:01 PM

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🤔 trying this now. Last time I tried this out (months ago) those two were not allowed for SNMP Sensors

vernal sparrow Jul 8, 2022, 5:16 PM

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Hmm I just had a look at the docs and they're listed there as options

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but haven't tried them myself before

echo basin Jul 8, 2022, 5:19 PM

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I think this looks right

echo basin Jul 8, 2022, 5:45 PM

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hm, still nothing in the energy dashboard

vernal sparrow Jul 8, 2022, 6:16 PM

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sensor.dell_server_energy has wrong attributes

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you still have the customisation probably

echo basin Jul 8, 2022, 6:18 PM

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hm, they're commented out. Let me restart again

vernal sparrow Jul 8, 2022, 6:18 PM

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that top sensor is the one you had customisation on no?

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and that's the one made via integration?

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just to get my head around the entites

echo basin Jul 8, 2022, 6:31 PM

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I'm trying too haha
I probably just have the customize.yaml set up very wrong?

#  icon: mdi:lightning-bolt
#  state_class: 'total_increasing'
#  device_class: energy
#  last_reset: "1970-01-01T00:00:00+00:00"```
(still all commented out)

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I'm confused on whether the customize should reference an existing sensor, or be it's own new / unique sensor name

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I guess it's moot if it's not needed anymore

vernal sparrow Jul 8, 2022, 6:33 PM

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the other confusion I have is that even if customisation was active I don't see where that first sensor is getting measurement from

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the second sensor.rawdellserverpower is the snmp one?

vernal sparrow Jul 8, 2022, 6:35 PM

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echo basin I'm confused on whether the `customize` should reference an existing sensor, or ...

you reference an existing sensor you want to override

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Let's just start over

echo basin Jul 8, 2022, 6:37 PM

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lol

vernal sparrow Jul 8, 2022, 6:37 PM

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you have an snmp sensor made

echo basin Jul 8, 2022, 6:37 PM

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yup

vernal sparrow Jul 8, 2022, 6:37 PM

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let's see that from the table

echo basin Jul 8, 2022, 6:37 PM

#

    name: RawDellServerPower
    baseoid: 1.3.6.1.4.1.674.10892.5.4.600.30.1.6.1.3
    unit_of_measurement: W
    device_class: power
    state_class: measurement```
(simplified)

vernal sparrow Jul 8, 2022, 6:37 PM

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that looks good yaml wise yeah

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and those attributes show now on the sensor?

echo basin Jul 8, 2022, 6:38 PM

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vernal sparrow Jul 8, 2022, 6:38 PM

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right

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now use this specific sensor to make a new one via integration

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cos the one above I'm seeing has a different one as source

echo basin Jul 8, 2022, 6:39 PM

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ah, maybe I have this backwards

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so you're saying the integration should send to the template?

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because currently my template is referencing the integraion

vernal sparrow Jul 8, 2022, 6:39 PM

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forget about the template

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it's not needed

echo basin Jul 8, 2022, 6:40 PM

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kk, so integration should reference the above snmp sensor

vernal sparrow Jul 8, 2022, 6:40 PM

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wasn't the only reason you had it in order to pass in the attributes power/measurement?

echo basin Jul 8, 2022, 6:41 PM

#

    source: sensor.RawDellServerPower
    name: "Dell Server Energy"
    method: left
    unit_prefix: k
    unit_time: h```
so it should be this?

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admittedly I had it because the guide I read online included it

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but so much has changed with the energy dashboard in such a short amount of time

vernal sparrow Jul 8, 2022, 6:41 PM

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from looking at it you aren't doing any math on the state part

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you have just added the state/device classes

echo basin Jul 8, 2022, 6:42 PM

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Here's the guide I was copying
https://github.com/genestealer/Home-Assistant-Configuration/blob/master/packages/dell_server/dell_idrac.yaml

vernal sparrow Jul 8, 2022, 6:42 PM

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in terms of template you just consume the value of the original sensor as is --> states(entity_id)

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Yeah I assume perhaps device/state classes weren't available in the past

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and he used templates to pass those in

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admittedly for simply adding/overriding attributes and not changing anything customization.yaml is exactly what is for

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whereas with the templates you end up wtih two times the number of sensors

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(also you know this name: RawDellServerPower doesn't have to be stuck to each other right?)

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(or on purpose perhaps)

echo basin Jul 8, 2022, 7:03 PM

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so the template should be

  - sensor:
      - name: "Server Power"
        state: "{{states('sensor.RawDellServerPower')}}"
        unit_of_measurement: W
        device_class: power 
        state_class: measurement```

vernal sparrow Jul 8, 2022, 7:05 PM

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Sure but this template isn't doing anything

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{{states('sensor.RawDellServerPower')}} is exactly the state of the sensor

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you are just adding the attributes

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but these are now directly defined on the snmp sensor

echo basin Jul 8, 2022, 7:06 PM

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ah, I see. It's redundant now

vernal sparrow Jul 8, 2022, 7:06 PM

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yeap

echo basin Jul 8, 2022, 7:09 PM

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so if everything works right, this can be done with just the SNMP sensor (obviously) and the integration

vernal sparrow Jul 8, 2022, 7:10 PM

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correct

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source sensors with measurement/power used in integration should result in the new sensor created automatically having then attributes energy/total

echo basin Jul 8, 2022, 7:11 PM

#

    source: sensor.RawDellServerPower
    name: "Dell Server Energy"
    method: left
    unit_prefix: k
    unit_time: h```
and now that it's referencing the SNMP sensor, this _should_ be ok lol

vernal sparrow Jul 8, 2022, 7:12 PM

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in theory yes 😄

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it has the exact same name? It could be the old history is conflicting

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if that's the case you might also want to use the call service purge.entities to delete that entity's history

echo basin Jul 8, 2022, 7:13 PM

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ah, I will try that, I have a lot of old entities hanging around

vernal sparrow Jul 8, 2022, 7:13 PM

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this won't delete the entity itself of course. Just its history

echo basin Jul 8, 2022, 7:15 PM

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recorder: purge entities?

vernal sparrow Jul 8, 2022, 7:16 PM

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Ah yes

echo basin Jul 8, 2022, 7:17 PM

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just ran that against the Dell energy sensor 🤞

vernal sparrow Jul 8, 2022, 7:21 PM

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any change?

echo basin Jul 8, 2022, 7:31 PM

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hm, still not showing in the energy dashboard

vernal sparrow Jul 8, 2022, 7:31 PM

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are the attributes fixed now at least?

echo basin Jul 8, 2022, 7:32 PM

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what should it be?

vernal sparrow Jul 8, 2022, 7:32 PM

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energy/total

echo basin Jul 8, 2022, 7:33 PM

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hm, nope

#

vernal sparrow Jul 8, 2022, 7:33 PM

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see if you can find this entity ID under STATISTICS tab

echo basin Jul 8, 2022, 7:34 PM

#

vernal sparrow Jul 8, 2022, 7:35 PM

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hmm so weird

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make a new integration helper but give it a new unique name instead

echo basin Jul 8, 2022, 7:37 PM

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just to clarify, that's the platform: integration part, right?

vernal sparrow Jul 8, 2022, 7:37 PM

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yes

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sorry my bad

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I keep saying helper because you can also make them in the UI

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and there they are found under helpers

echo basin Jul 8, 2022, 7:38 PM

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oh wow, TIL... lol

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if I do it that way, would that be the Utility Meter or the Riemann sum?

vernal sparrow Jul 8, 2022, 7:39 PM

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riemann sum

echo basin Jul 8, 2022, 7:46 PM

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yea, looks like this isn't working for a different device either, that updates more frequently

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I see kWh data under the entity, but not in the energy dashboard

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so it's mathing right? 🤔

vernal sparrow Jul 8, 2022, 7:48 PM

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this seems correct

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does this one have correct attributes?

echo basin Jul 8, 2022, 7:52 PM

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I think this one looks better, except for cost being undefined maybe

vernal sparrow Jul 8, 2022, 7:55 PM

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Hmm no these are also wrong

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do you have these in customization.yaml too?

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what's also the difference between 1st & 2nd?

echo basin Jul 8, 2022, 7:59 PM

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customize is there, but commented out.
Config is:

  - platform: snmp
    name: HP_3800_energy
    host: !secret 3800
    version: "3"
    username: "prtgV3"
    auth_key: !secret HP-3800-SNMP-Password
    auth_protocol: "hmac-sha"
    priv_key: !secret HP-3800-SNMP-Password
    priv_protocol: "aes-cfb-128"
    accept_errors: true
    baseoid: 1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.14.11.5.1.71.1.1.1.3.101001
    unit_of_measurement: "W"
    device_class: power
    state_class: measurement
  - platform: integration
    name: HP_3800_WH_energy
    source: sensor.HP_3800_energy
    method: left
    unit_prefix: k
    unit_time: h```

vernal sparrow Jul 8, 2022, 8:01 PM

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it seems it's not going away

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cos there shouldn't be a last_reset

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but more confusing is the fact it's saying measuremt although I remember your customisation was to make it say energy

echo basin Jul 8, 2022, 8:01 PM

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ah, yea, I did not do a purge for this
is there a global option?

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wait I don't want to do that lol

vernal sparrow Jul 8, 2022, 8:02 PM

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If anything add back customisation in order to make state_class: total

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for the integration sensor obviously

echo basin Jul 8, 2022, 8:07 PM

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I've re-enabled and updated the customization

vernal sparrow Jul 8, 2022, 8:10 PM

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did you remove last_reset entirely?

echo basin Jul 8, 2022, 8:16 PM

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ah, I forgot that
let me remove and restart

vernal sparrow Jul 8, 2022, 8:18 PM

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there is a reload option in YAML tab

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restarting isn't necessary

echo basin Jul 8, 2022, 8:19 PM

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I'm learning a lot today 😂

vernal sparrow Jul 8, 2022, 8:24 PM

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you're welcome 😂

echo basin Jul 8, 2022, 9:03 PM

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holy crap it's working

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I forgot I had a customize_glob in my main config

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commented that out, kept the customize.yaml commented out and now I'm just using the sensor + helper

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Thank you so much!

vernal sparrow Jul 8, 2022, 9:07 PM

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echo basin I forgot I had a customize_glob in my main config

that would explain everything

#Not sure if this is the right place to

icon: mdi:lightning-bolt

state_class: 'total_increasing'

device_class: energy

last_reset: "1970-01-01T00:00:00+00:00"```